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Pedal Forward: How Bike Buses Are Changing Lives for Kids and Communities
Anyone navigating a city’s complex traffic patterns and fast-moving vehicles can see that streets aren’t designed for kids. But what if kids could bike to school in the comfort of a large group and an organized route?
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Small State Meets Big Complexity: Inside Rhode Island’s Transportation Reality
Rhode Island’s small size presents a distinct set of transportation challenges and opportunities, both of which demand planning approaches grounded in interdisciplinary thinking and local realities. This is one of the many reasons Kittelson & Associates recently established a dedicated office in Providence, RI.
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Around the World in Five Modes
Explore unique transportation modes around the world and learn how local travel systems reveal culture, history, and place through the lens of global mobility.
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Global Ideas, Local Streets: How Transportation Ideas Travel Across the World
A look at how transportation concepts move across borders, highlighting shared challenges, cultural context, and ways cities adapt ideas to serve communities.
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Winthrop Greenway Feasibility Study
Advancing a Community-Driven Vision for the East Boston–Winthrop Greenway
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Running Interference: The Hidden Potential of D.C.’s Stadium Redevelopment
The DC Council advanced a proposal to demolish the aging RFK Stadium and redevelop it. This moment offers DC a chance to rethink how a football stadium connects with its neighborhood and the city.
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Fixing Bikes, Finding Belonging: Inside West Oakland’s Bike Collective
Situated in the heart of West Oakland, California, Spokeland is no ordinary bike shop—it’s a nonprofit bike collective rooted in accessibility, education, and community care….
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Hidden Ways Transportation Design Impacts Your Health
Did you know that lighting and noise generated by transportation infrastructure affect health and mobility? How about orienting cities around active transportation can improve residents’ mental health, social connection, and even their lifespans? Find out why.
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Leveraging Micromobility to Tackle VMT and Mode Shift Goals
Small vehicles can have a mighty impact in the quest to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT).
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How to Make Incremental Progress in Your Bike Network Through Private Development
Developer-built bike infrastructure offers exciting potential to make incremental progress, development by development, in the creation of a community-wide bike network.
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New Guidance Paves the Way for Better Bicyclist Experiences at Roundabouts
Designing roundabouts to better accommodate the full spectrum of bicycle riders is part of a broader movement to make intersections safer and more comfortable for bicyclists.
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Active Transportation: An Unsuspecting Contributor to Local Business
People who bike have been found to make shopping and dining trips more often than people who drive.
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Lemoyne Bottleneck
Clearing the Lemoyne Bottleneck
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Fairfax City Neighborways
Creating Blueprints for Bike-Friendly Neighborways
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Water Street Pedestrian and Bicycle Boulevard
Designing a People-Centered Boulevard
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Trail Design in the Age of Electric Micromobility
Read our recommendations for handling speed differentials on trails brought about by e-bikes and other electric micromobility devices.
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Walnut Street Separated Bike Lane
A Model for Making a Historic City Bikeable
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Which Guidebook Do I Need? Your One-Stop Shop for Navigating Active Transportation Project Guidance
We’ve assembled a handy list that breaks down 20 major active transportation guidance documents: where they fit in the project lifecycle, what they cover, and how they should be used.
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How to Weave a Trail into Your Community Fabric
Trails have the potential to powerfully influence the way a community moves. This article summarizes a few of the many principles we consider when planning, designing, and maintaining trails that become frequently used and well loved.
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Boston Bike Network Analysis
Getting a Community Out of Their Cars
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La Verne Active Transportation Plan
Building the Foundation for a Connected Active Transportation System
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SRTA Regional Active Transportation Network
Promoting Active Transportation Through Planning and Design in California
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